Former UFC fighter and current bare-knuckle boxer Paige VanZant continued to prove she is a multi-talented athlete on Sunday.
VanZant signed with wrestling company AEW in March after making some sporadic appearances for them in 2021 as part of an angle involving several of her training partners out of the American Top Team in Florida alongside ATT owner Dan Lambert.
VanZant earned herself an AEW contract after several appearances in 2021
The 28-year-old made her professional wrestling in-ring debut at AEW Double Or Nothing, as part of a 3-on-3 tag team match and looked brilliant doing so.
VanZant was teamed up with 'Men of the Year' Scorpio Sky, and Ethan Page to take on Sammy Guevara, Tay Conti, and Frankie Kazarian.
'PVZ' was tagged into the match fairly late on but made an impressive cameo that showcase a bunch of her newly required skills and helped her team to victory.
VanZant was happy with how she performed in her professional wrestling debut and pleased to have finally got to show off everything she's been learning.
"I showed everybody I'm meant to be a pro wrestler too," she told The Schmo post-fight.
The popular VanZant is also likely to be in London in July for her next bare knuckle fight
"I never give myself a perfect grade, there's always room for improvement, I'm only gonna get better, I just started training pro wrestling, but you got to see how quickly I picked pro wrestling and I showed all the girls in the division they've got someone to look out for.
"I knew this was the only place I wanted to make my AEW debut. It had to be big, and it had to be on pay-per-view. I'm a pay-per-view person and they had to pay me the pay-per-view dollars to show up.
A former MMA fighter turned bare-knuckle boxer who has her own fan site. a successful career as a social media influencer and even featured on Dancing with the Stars, VanZant does it all and says she'll continue to operate in several different lanes moving forward.
"Everyone keeps asking me when I'm going to pick a lane – I don't have to. I'm gonna be good at absolutely everything I do. And I've got my new bare-knuckle boxing match coming up on July 16 in London."
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